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Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member'

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  1. solox3 · · focus · HN ↗
    > US President Donald Trump earlier called the idea "laughable" and threatened "very serious tariffs" on Europe if he considered it a "hostile act".

    So if Canada tries to make friends with anyone other than the US, it's a hostile act?

    Makes it all the more obvious that USA is Canada's abusive partner, that they should have broken up with a long time ago.

    1. jacquesm · · focus · HN ↗
      It's pretty much the exact same playbook that Russia used against Ukraine.
      1. Teever · · focus · HN ↗
        This comment[0] on HN from a while back marks the parallels between the two situations very clearly.

        It's very frustrating talking about this subject with Americans online[1]. In general they seem to have blinders on regarding the magnitude of the consequences of their democratic choice in leadership.

        I get a sense that a feeling of learned helplessness has beset the American people and that they're not able to imagine a world of agency and action against authoritarianism.

        I don't know what can shake them out of their torpor, but I do know that the longer they take to wake up the higher the price of action will be.

        [0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=43485649#43487443">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=43485649#43487443

        [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=49403201">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=49403201

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